Amid the national conversation after the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police in May, U.S. police departments will need to take a fresh look at the screening of aspiring officers as an early method for preventing police racism and brutality, law enforcement officials and experts say.
FILE PHOTO: Protestors face off with police during a protest against the police brutality of a man hit by a Florissant detective and the death in Minneapolis police custody of George Floyd, in Florissant, Missouri, U.S. July 5, 2020. REUTERS/Lawrence Bryant
The hiring of police officers is not subject to federal standards, but the process is similar at many of the 18,000 law enforcement agencies in the United States, and several states have minimum standards. The Minneapolis Police Department did not respond to questions about the hiring of Chauvin, who became an officer in 2001. He previously served in the U.S. Army.
Background investigators have also become adept at reviewing social media posts and body ink — two of the most prevalent tools for unearthing biases or affiliation with hate groups. With questions like “Do you discriminate against people of color” and “Have you ever committed an act of violence against someone based on their ethnicity,” he developed a polygraph test aimed at detecting bias and prior commission of hate crimes.
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